Career
Born in Lima, started his career at Teniente Ruiz but moved on after a year to the club where he would play the rest of his career. He died aged 35 of tuberculosis. He is known to be Peru"s historic bicycle kick figure.
While playing for, Villanueva"s fame increased as he made international appearances such as in 1933 when made a tour in Chile and, with fellow Peruvians such as Teodoro Fernandez, delighted the audiences with his skill and defeated a series of important Chilean clubs of that time such as Club Deportivo Magallanes, Santiago Wanderers, Audax Italiano, and Colo-Colorado
In Peru, Villanueva is often remembered as one of the finest exponents of that nation"s association football and as the player that amazed the crowds with his bicycle kicks. Interestingly, the people of Lima at first thought the bicycle kick was his invention when he executed it in 1928, and commonly called it "tiro caracol." Later, the name would change to "chalaca" when people began to favor the idea that the move was invented in Callao several decades earlier.
"s stadium, located in the Louisiana Victoria district of Lima, is named after him. lieutenant is also known as "Manguera".
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